divination

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Etymology edit

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun edit

divination (countable and uncountable, plural divinations)

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
(countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

Hyponyms edit

See also Thesaurus:divination

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act of divining

Bulgarian: предсказване (bg) n (predskazvane)
Catalan: endevinació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卜筮 (zh) (bǔshì), 占卜 (zh) (zhānbǔ), (by use of the Eight Trigrams in Taoism) 卜卦 (zh) (bǔguà)
Czech: věštba f, věštění (cs) n
Ewe: afakaka
Finnish: ennustaminen (fi)
French: divination (fr) f
Galician: adivinación (gl) f
German: Wahrsagerei (de) f, Wahrsagen n
Greek: μαντεία (el) f (manteía)
Ancient: μαντεία f (manteía)
Hungarian: jövendölés (hu)
Indonesian: ramal (id), tenung (id)
Irish: fáistine f
Italian: divinazione (it) f
Japanese: 占い (ja) (uranai)
Korean: 점(占) (ko) (jeom), 복점(卜占) (ko) (bokjeom)
Latin: dīvīnātiō f
Maori: niu
Ottoman Turkish: كبزه (kebze)
Polish: wróżba (pl) f, wróżenie (pl) n
Portuguese: adivinhação (pt) f, divinação f
Russian: предсказа́ние (ru) n (predskazánije), прорица́ние (ru) n (proricánije), предви́дение (ru) n (predvídenije)
Spanish: adivinación (es) f, divinación (es) f
Swahili: ramli (sw)
Turkish: kehanet (tr), önbili

art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means

Bulgarian: гадаене (bg) n (gadaene), врачуване n (vračuvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: selvännäkeminen, kaivonkatsominen
Greek: μαντεία (el) f (manteía), μαντική (el) f (mantikí)
Ancient: μαντεία f (manteía), μαντική f (mantikḗ)
Hungarian: jövendölés (hu)
Irish: fáistine f
Italian: oracolo (it) m, divinazione (it) f
Latin: dīvīnātiō f
Maori: niu, rata (mi)
Ottoman Turkish: كبزه (kebze)
Russian: гада́ние (ru) n (gadánije), ворожба́ (ru) f (vorožbá)
Spanish: divinidad (es) f
Swahili: ramli (sw)

indication of future, prediction

Bulgarian: прогноза (bg) f (prognoza)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ennustus (fi)
Greek: προφητεία (el) f (profiteía)
Hungarian: jövendölés (hu)
Russian: предсказа́ние (ru) n (predskazánije), прогно́з (ru) m (prognóz)
Spanish: divinidad (es) f

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